Dr. Alka Deo

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MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology)

Sr. Consultant Anaesthesiologist – Head of Dept. of Anaesthesiology, NU Hospitals

Experience :

Hospitals : NU Hospitals, Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru

Specialities : Anaesthesiology

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Dr. Alka says that building a rapport with the patient and providing information to them (such as what kind of anaesthesia would be administered to them, what they could expect during the surgery and the post-operative period, what could be the possible complications based upon their condition, and so on) helps in making sure patients receive effective and compassionate care.

To establish a rapport with the patients, she ensures that a relationship with a patient is built up by meeting and interacting with him or her regularly.

She says Anaesthesiologists now treat Anaesthesiology as a perioperative procedure(‘peri’ means ‘all around’) – with pre-op, inter-op and post-op periods. The anaesthesiologist meets and interacts with the patient regularly during most of these three periods.

To ensure that patients are well-informed, Dr. Alka provides patients with NU Hospitals’ Public Information Brochures (PIBs) on anesthesia. These information resources provide important, useful information about anesthesia and anesthesiology. She also tells them about what they can expect during the surgery and also after the surgery (during the postoperative period), what kind of anesthesia will be administered during the surgery and so on.

These measures, she says, can contribute in providing medical care that is effective and compassionate.

Awards and Recognition

Nominated as Emerging Women Leaders by India Med Today on the occasion of International Women's Day - 2019

Best Doctor South India by Outlook Survey amongst Anaesthesiologists - 2024

Best Doctor South India by Outlook Survey amongst Anaesthesiologists - August 2025

Best Doctor South India by Outlook Survey amongst Anaesthesiologists - September 2025

Academic Activities

M.B.B.S. MGM Medical College, Indore University – Devi - Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Dec 1990

MD MGM Medical College, Indore University – Devi - Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Dec 1994

Clinical Experience

Focus on Renal Transplantation Surgeries (Several transplant surgeries till date), Paediatric Urology, Laparoscopic Urological surgeries, Uro-Oncology surgeries, High-risk Nephro-Uro cases, Intensive Care Management, Post-operative Pain Management.
Conducted Paediatric Urology Workshop (Bladder Augmentation &Ureteric Reimplant Surgery)
Attended Cardiac Anaesthesia – CME 2007
Attended 1st National Conference of Anaesthesia for Renal Transplant Surgery, May 10-11, 2008, at Coimbatore
Lead Anaesthetist for Workshop on Laparoscopic Urology Surgery, May 31, 2008 at NU Hospitals.
Lead Anaesthetist for Workshop on Lasers and Flexi-Renoscopy in Renal Calculus Management, June 21, 2008, at NU Hospitals.
Attended 9th SAARC Anaesthesia Congress, held in Bangalore, Aug 2011.
Invited as faculty in Regional Convention on Patient Safety, organised by the AMC Bangalore chapter in association with RGUHS Bangalore, to speak on Improving Hand Hygiene in Healthcare setup on Oct 20, 2012.
Attended ISACON 2012 at Indore, Dec 26-29.
Attended Advancing the Art and Science of Regional Anaesthesia in the 5th National Conference Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India on 25-26th September 2015 at J.N. Tata Auditorium, Bangalore.
Delivered a talk on “ISBAR communication model- Role in Anaesthesia on Feb 18, 2017 to members of ISA Bangalore City chapter.
Attended as a delegate for the Academy of Regional Anaesthesia (AORA) India conference and workshop on 8-10th September 2017.
Training in POCUS assessment of Transthoracic Echocardiography.
Trained in ultrasound-assisted pediatric abdominal and central neuraxial blocks by Dr.Vrushali Ponde in Sept 2017.
Attended as a delegate in the 67th Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists on 26 - 29 November 2019 at Gayatri Vihar Palace grounds, Bengaluru.
Attended as a delegate at the Basics of Research Methodology in the 67th Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists on 26 - 29 November 2019 at Wadiyur Hall, Bengaluru City Institute, Bengaluru
Attended the 13th National Airway Conference (NAC) 2022, held at NIMHANS, Bangalore on Sept 9th-11th 2022
Invited as Faculty, ISACON South Zone, August 12-13th 2023, held at Mysuru
Moderated a Pro Con session on Regional vs General Anaesthesia for PCNL
Invited as Speaker ISACON National Conference held on Nov. 25th - 29th 2023, held at Gurugram. Given talk on Recent Advances in Renal Transplant Anaesthesia
Participated as faculty in CME on Supine PCNL / ECIRS / RIRS Live Operative Workshop at NU Hospitals, Bengaluru, 19th June 2024
Participated as delegate in the 38th Annual State Conference of the indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), Karnataka, by the Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute at Bangalore on 10th and 11th August 2024.
Delivered a talk on Pre-OP Optimization of Renal Transplant Recipient as Chief Anaesthesiologist at NU Hospitals, Bengaluru, at the 71st National Conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA) in Patna on 22nd November 2024.
Participated in the CME titled “Pediatric Pain Matters: Educate – Engage – Empower – A 3E Approach to Better Care” conducted by Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru, on 25th October 2025.

Professional Membership

International Anesthesia Research Society – NO. 2502920
Indian Society of Anesthesia- I0037
Association of Medical consultants
Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India
Chairman CPR committee, NU Hospital
Indian Society of Organ Transplant- LM 1520

Presentations

INTERNATIONAL

Presented e-poster Ultrasound Guided Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane Block With Spinal Fentanyl For Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion. 16th World Congress of Anaesthesologists from 28-08-2016 to 2-09-2016 held at Hong-Kong.
Presented e-poster - Perioperative cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing Renal transplant surgery – An Observational study. 17th World Congress of Anaesthesiology, Sept 2021, Prague

NATIONAL

Lecture on “Post–operative Pain Care” at the CME program on Nephrology and Urology, held at TCR-NU Kidney Hospitals, Krishnagiri, on 9th March, 2014.
Delivered a lecture on Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery at the CME program on Nephro-Uro Transplant Anesthesia, held at NU West, Bangalore, on 6th September 2015.
Delivered a lecture on Post-Operative Pain Management at the CME program on Nephro-Uro Transplant Anesthesia, held at NU West, Bangalore, on 6th September 2015.
Presented an e-poster on Assessment of Postoperative Analgesia in patients undergoing PCNL under general Anaesthesia versus combined general anaesthesia with Epidural Morphine: A retrospective analysis in the 7th National Conference of Academy of Regional Anaesthesia (AORA) of INDIA 2017, Indore Conference Secretariat, held at Indore between 8th- 10th September '17.
Presented a paper on ‘Recent Advances in Renal Transplant Anaesthesia’, conducted by the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, held at NU hospitals, Bangalore, on 18th May 2024.
Presented a paper on 'Post-transplant Patients Coming for Other Surgeries', conducted by the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, held at NU Hospitals, Bangalore, on 18th May 2024.

Publications

Joshi V and Deo A. Paper editorial comment on: Need to design a tool that can assess preoperative factors that may affect cardiac complications after non-cardiac surgeries among CKD patients. Austin Renal Dialysis. 2017;2(1):1007-08.
Dr.Alka S Deo, Dr.Padmalatha. R and Dr.Parimala B.Retrospective Audit of Critical Events under Anesthesia at Tertiary Care Nephro-Urology Set Up. Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia. Vol 5(6): June 2018;897-902.
Dr.P. Balakundi, Dr.Alka S Deo. Anaesthetic management of a high-risk chronic kidney disease patient for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter placement with Omentectomy – A Case report.Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia. August 2018; Vol.5(8):1412 – 16.
Dr.Sadhvi, Dr.Alka S Deo and Dr.Padma. Effectiveness of standard fasting guidelines as assessed by gastric ultrasound examination: a clinical Audit. Indian Journal of Anesthesia.2018; Vol. 62(10):747 – 52.
S Kumar G S, P Balakundi and AS Deo. A new indication of erector spinae plane block for perioperative analgesia is percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Volume 44, Issue Suppl 1. 2019; A254-A255.
Correlation of patient state index with conventional induction of anaesthesia: A validation audit: S. Sharma, P. Raman and A. S Deo 098 Abstracts of WSM 2020, 8-10 January 2020, London, UK. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan;75 Suppl 2:9-98. doi: 10.1111/anae.14953. PMID: 31912480.
Perioperative cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing Renal transplant surgery – An Observational study. Alka Deo¹, Rijuta Kashyapi², Padmalatha Raman¹, Sadhvi Sharma¹, Parimala Balakundi^1. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 133(3S):1-1973, September 2021 Pg 1863
Continuous Erector spinae plane block for post-operative analgesia in Renal Transplantation: A case series. Vishwanath P., Parimala B., Deo A., Vasudev M., Bandagi A. NU hospitals - Bangalore (India) ESAIC Abstracts 2021 page 73
Deo AS, Kashyapi R, Joshi V, Balakundi P, Raman P. Predictors of peri-operative cardiac events and development of a scoring tool for patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing non-cardiac surgeries: A prospective observational multicentre study. Indian J Anaesth. 2022 Apr;66(4):278-289. doi: 10.4103/ija.ija_1031_21. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35663210; PMCID: PMC9159394.
Kumar, Lakshmi; Sahu, Sandeep1; Deo, Alka S.2; Selvakumar, R3; Panchwag, Ameya A.4; Pavithran, Priyanka5. Recent advances in anaesthesia for abdominal solid organ transplantation. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 67(1):p 32-38, January 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_1025_22
Sharma S, Raman P, Sinha M, Deo AS. Factors Affecting Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Nephro-Urology Unit: A Retrospective Analysis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(3):322–326.
Book Chapter- Operating Room Culture in Interventional Nephrology Training Manual, First edition
Vishwanath P, Deo A, Balakundi P (May 17, 2023) Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Analgesia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Quality Improvement Project. Cureus 15(5): e39151. DOI 10.7759/cureus.39151
Sharma S, Raman P, Deo AS. Comparative preoperative sonological assessment of gastric contents in patients with chronic kidney disease versus those with normal renal function: A prospective observational study. Indian J Anaesth. 2023;67(6):503-508. doi:10.4103/ija.ija_82_22
Deo AS, Manjunath D, Prasad A, Deepa D. Perioperative anaesthesia management of renal transplant recipients - A national cross-sectional survey. Indian J Anaesth. 2023;67(Suppl 4):S288-S291. doi:10.4103/ija.ija_492_23
Ethics in Organ Transplantation- Published in ISA Newsletter Vapour, Volume 5, Issue 7, Oct 2023
Manjunath, D., Deo, A. S., Prasad, A., & Deepa, D. (2024). Management of a Case of Partially Retained Guidewire after Right Internal Jugular Vein Tunnelled Catheter Insertion. Karnataka Anaesthesia Journal, 19(1-4), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.4103/kaj/2024/v19i1-4/172991
Takahashi K, Chiba K, Honda A, Iizuka Y, Yoshinaga K, Deo AS, Uchida T. Pre-operative subjective functional capacity and postoperative outcomes in adult non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anaesthesia. 2025 May;80(5):561-571. doi: 10.1111/anae.16543. Epub 2025 Jan 23. PMID: 39853751.
Deo, Alka Sachin; Sharma, Sadhvi; Manjunath, Deepti. Perioperative Outcomes in Vascular Surgical Access for Hemodialysis: Our Experience. Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 12(3):p 240-246, Jul–Sep 2025.
DOI: 10.4103/ijves.ijves_27_25
Prasad, Ambika & Deo, Alka. (2026). Massive Venous Air Embolism with a 22G Peripheral Cannula with Pressure Bag - A Case Report. Karnataka Anaesthesia Journal. 67-70.
DOI : 10.18311/kaj/2026/v21i2/173214.
Deo, Alka Sachin; Manjunath, Deepti. A Clinical Audit on Prevalence of Frailty and its Correlation with Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Urological Surgeries. Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics 22(2):p 159-164, Apr–Jun 2026. | DOI: 10.4103/jiag.jiag_51_25
Deo, Alka Sachin; Ashwini B. Navigating a difficult airway in a living kidney donor with post-oral cancer sequelae. Indian J Transplant 2026;20:262-3. | DOI: 10.4103/ijot.ijot_182_25

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